New Delhi: Union Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal on Tuesday announced while presenting the Rail Budget 2013-14 in Lok Sabha that passenger fares would not be hiked any further this year. Bansal stressed on safety and announced that a next generation e-ticketing system would be in place by the end of this calendar year.

Bansal is the first Congress minister in 17 years to present the Rail Budget.

Cash-strapped Railways had effected an across the board 21 percent passenger fare hike in January this year, aiming to mop up an additional revenue of Rs 6,600 crore.

Target of Rs 1000 crore each fixed for Rail Land Development Authority and IR Station Development Corporation to be raised through PPP in2013-14;

New fund – Debt Service Fund – to be set up to meet committed liabilities of debt servicing for WB and JICA loans for DFC and other future liabilities.

First Published: Tuesday, February 26, 2013, 08:20

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needed more trains from Via Azamgarh to Mumbai and Azamgarh To Kolkata and Delhi-HEMANT -Mumbai

Being a one of the best tourist place in india,train connections are very badKarnataka is also a part of the india
-Gautam -Mysore

Ensure cleanliness,punctuality and safety of the trains-AE Charles -Coimbatore

There is not duronto train between Mumbai-Varansi and Mumbai-Gorkhpur May I expect in this bugetI visited on 3rd and 16 th of Feb in 11093 and 11094 Toilets were dirty and more surprising there was not water alsoThough there were prompt in collection of extra fair-ramnayan -Mumbai

Ensure cleanliness,punctuality and safety of the trains-AE Charles -Coimbatore